The five pre-writing assistance of a writer is – (i) Listing, (ii) Clustering, (ii) Free writing, (iv) Looping and (v) Questions of Journalists.
Explanation:
The five writing assistance helps a writer to develop ideas and to have a clear concept about the idea. These brainstorming techniques are quite helpful in organizing concepts and ideas and to develop topics for writing. The first strategy is of listing which involves information gathering at a short time and building ideas around it.
Clustering helps in observing the ideas and their relationship. The free-writing process involves writing constantly to produce information within a decided time. The technique of looping helps in focusing the idea of the writer and developing a topic of writing. The ‘WH-question’ asked by journalists can be used by writer to explore his topic.